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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”. Distribution. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems. Human Computer Interaction. Protocol Digital Life. Adhesive (new – Glue for Adtech). Some Angel groups endorse it.

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Startup Lessons: 4 Companies Facing Product Lawsuits

The Startup Magazine

When conducting business, it is crucial to make a profit and keep your operations running smoothly. Here are 4 companies that have faced legal action due to the distribution of a toxic or otherwise dangerous product. Remington was founded in 1816 and operates today as the United States’ oldest gun maker. Remington’s Rifles.

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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

Brands started working towards creating their online portals to push for sales online while continuing their brick and mortar operations. Dell – the American multinational computer technology firm had broken the barrier of a million-dollar online sales back in 1994. By 2009, the success of this ecommerce model was more evident.

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Your Computer May Already be Hacked – NSA Inside?

Steve Blank

After a particularly embarrassing math bug in 1994 that cost Intel $475 million, the company decided to fix the problem by allowing it’s microprocessors to load fixes automatically when your computer starts. The microcode is distributed by 1) Intel or by 2) Microsoft integrated into a BIOS or 3) as part of a Windows update.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. What We Discovered About Blockchain The Afro-Tech approached blockchain and distributed ledger as how it will affect African-Americans in everyday living.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

Similarly, Google, well on its way to owning the dominant smart phone operating system and which maintains a near monopoly position in search, trades at a price/earnings (P/E) ratio (ex-cash) of around 13.7. Back in 1994, very few people would have predicted that the largest bookseller in the world would be a software company.

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The Story of How/Why K9 Invested in Pragli

K9 Ventures

In CS147 one of the video we showed to the class was the Sun Starfire concept video that was produced in 1994. They operate at a pace that far exceeds that of any other companies and founding teams that I have worked with. The seeds of this were sown decades ago when I was TAing CS147: Introduction to HCI at Stanford with my Ph.D.

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